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Do you use a wrist rest? (feddit.org)
submitted 3 months ago by brem@feddit.org to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml
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I recently got a Dierya 65% keyboard, and think it is rather thick.

Is this normal for a mechanical keyboard? Or is the Dierya exceptional high? Do you use a wrist rest? If so, is there anything special to look out for? Or will any wrist rest do?

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[โ€“] QamarKb@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Late to the thread but this is a great discussion. I went through the same thing with a fairly tall board. I bought one of those squishy gel wrist rests first, and honestly it made things worse because I was just mashing my wrists down into it while typing. Switching to a firmer, lower rest that my palms only touched during pauses helped a lot, which lines up with what brisk said about it being a palm rest rather than a wrist rest. Also seconding the height point: dropping to a lower profile board did more for my comfort than any rest ever did.

[โ€“] brem@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks for your reply!